Dragging heavy feet
From: | T. A. McLeay <conlang@...> |
Date: | Saturday, March 10, 2007, 23:33 |
Some languages have a requirement than every (stressed) syllable is
heavy, so for instance in Swedish [takk] could be a word, and so could
[tA:k], but [tak] can’t; it needs an extra mora.
Do there exist languages in which *feet* must be heavy so that for
instance (assuming initial stress), all of these are valid feet:
- takka
MM M (M represents moraic segments)
- taak
MMM
- tank
MMM
- takaa
M MM
- taaka
MM M
- takan
M MM
- takkan
MM MM
- taakan
MM MM
- taakaan
MM MMM
But these are not:
* ta
M
* taa
MM
* tak
MM
* taka
M M
--
Tristan.
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